VISCONTI, Filippo Aurelio and Giuseppe Antonio GUATTANI.

Il Museo Chiramonti ...

Milan, presso gli editori, 1820. 4to, pp. 356, xlvi, with 52 engraved plates (some double-page); occasionally some light spotting in the margins but a very good copy in contemporary marbled boards, spine with red morocco label, upper joint with marbled paper flaking but hinge strong and not affected. Second edition of the first description of the Museo Chiaramonte which was founded by Pope Pius VII and was part of the Vatican museum. The catalogue was originally published in 1808, with a further two volumes later published in 1837 and 1843, when it was volumes VIII-X, continuation of Il Museo Pio-Clementino (published 1782 onwards). The Milan edition, our edition, is complete in one volume.There is an introduction by Giovanni Labus and a short history of the collection by the editors, followed by a detailed description of the statues, busts and bas-reliefs illustrated at the end. The sculptors Canova and Antonio d'Este were used as experts highlighting restorations of the exhibits.UCBA, II, 2075 (calls erroneously for 72 plates).

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